Explain why Americans tend to favor sin taxes.
What will be an ideal response?
The support for this type of taxation appears to come less from moral judgments than from a sense that people who spend money in those ways also have the money to pay in taxes; the feeling is heightened when the tax is earmarked for a popular policy such as education. Further, these taxes are easily avoidable, so people have only themselves to blame if they must pay them. Finally, governments tend to like these taxes because the demand for such products appears relatively inelastic--they are able to pile on high levels of tax, and the public will still buy the products.
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An implication of swing states with respect to mass participation in American politics is that many voters __________
A)feel they have no influence in the outcome B)increase their efforts to attract the attention of the candidates C)ignore the effects of media spending in their states D)become energized by the competitive nature of the election
According to the U.S. Supreme Court verdict in Fisher v. University of Texas, colleges and universities are allowed to make race the deciding factor in the admissions decision to make up for past discriminatory practices
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
. A 2016 study by the Trust for America’s Health found that ______.
a. public health spending remained lower than it had been prior to the recession of the early 1980s b. public health spending remained higher than it had been prior to the recession of the early 1980s c. public health spending remained lower than it had been prior to the recession of 2007–2009 d. public health spending remained higher than it had been prior to the recession of 2007–2009
Critics of the private trial worry about
a. a two-tier system of justice. b. the right to privacy. c. overworking the private courts with too many litigants. d. none of these answers are correct.